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Satire, social media and India’s Gen Z revolt

Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera·Satire, social media and India’s Gen Z revolt·3 days ago
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The Listening Post When India’s chief justice called young, unemployed people “cockroaches”, he could never have imagined that the slur would be turned into an online satirical movement: the Cockroach Janta Party. The CJP quickly went viral, quickly racking up tens of millions of followers. The movement reflects Gen Z’s frustration with unemployment, education systems and the shrinking space for free expression in India. Contributors: Manisha Pande – Editorial director, Newslaundry Vaishna Roy – Editor, Frontline magazine Priyanshi Sharma – Cofounder, Peek TV Meghnad S – Host, Meghnerd On our radar A wave of xenophobic violence has spread across South Africa, fuelled by a toxic mix of anger, disinformation and inflammatory mobilisation online. The face of a new anti-immigration group, March and March, is radio-personality-turned-agitator Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, who has given the government a one-month ultimatum to act. Nicholas Muirhead reports.…

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